Conference paper
Suppression of spontaneous emission for two-dimensional GaAs photonic crystal microcavities
Summary form only given. Spontaneous emission represents a loss mechanism that fundamentally limits the performance of semiconductor lasers. The rate of spontaneous emission may, however, be controlled by a new class of periodic dielectric structures known as photonic crystals. Although a three-dimensional periodic structure may rigorously forbid spontaneous emission within a frequency interval, a simpler-to-fabricate two-dimensional (2-D) periodic structure may also introduce a large suppression of spontaneous emission.
Language: | English |
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Publisher: | IEEE |
Year: | 1999 |
Pages: | 252,253 |
Proceedings: | 1999 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference |
ISBN: | 155752576x and 9781557525765 |
Types: | Conference paper |
DOI: | 10.1109/QELS.1999.807632 |
ORCIDs: | Broeng, Jes |
Dielectrics Frequency GaAs GaAs 2D photonic crystal microcavities Gallium arsenide III-V semiconductors Optical control Optical losses Performance loss Periodic structures Photonic crystals Semiconductor lasers Spontaneous emission gallium arsenide large spontaneous emission suppression loss mechanism micro-optics micromechanical resonators periodic dielectric structures photonic band gap semiconductor lasers spontaneous emission spontaneous emission suppression two-dimensional GaAs photonic crystal microcavities